Example sentences of "[pron] would [not/n't] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As one Pisticci peasant puts it : ‘ if it were not for my family , I 'd not be wearing myself out ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's very kind of you , but I 'd not be allowed one . ’ |
| 3 | I 'd say I 'd not be caught dead in them they were |
| 4 | ‘ If I was n't getting all the media attention I would n't be pining for it , ’ a modest Tim begins . |
| 5 | ‘ If I was n't getting all the media attention I would n't be pining for it , ’ a modest Tim begins . |
| 6 | I was terrified that I would n't be accepted . |
| 7 | I thought it might be — that 's why I went back to Hong Kong , so I would n't be tempted to see you and start believing it was n't . |
| 8 | and if you wan na do something slightly different then do it in a role play scenario with a manager or a senior adviser and er get their feedback accordingly but I 'd be te I would n't be tempted to do it in the real world . |
| 9 | Oh yeah , and I quite like that , but if I had that , I 'd like to I would n't be tempted to decorate his room |
| 10 | I did n't care if it was raw , if the pangs of birth were ugly ; I wanted to be somewhere I would n't be defined by what I 'd been , where I could fashion a new notion of myself and impose it on others as the truth . |
| 11 | ‘ I would n't be drinking lemonade for just any man , ’ she said . |
| 12 | ‘ You could not guarantee that I would n't be blown up . |
| 13 | And I would n't be thinking that I was making an investment , if you understand me . ’ |
| 14 | And with this interjection Aggie now beat her closed fist against the end of the settle as she added angrily , ‘ If she had acted like the friend that she was supposed to be to the mother I would n't be faced with this lot tonight . ’ |
| 15 | Walter had me into his panelled wankpit of an office , classified my request to change the name on my cheques from N.O. Russell to Oliver Russell as not central to the Bank 's policy for the 1980s , and reminded me that unless funds were forthcoming to camouflage my black hole of an overdraft I would n't be getting a new cheque-book even if I called myself Santa Claus . |
| 16 | I would n't be suprised if he scores nearer 20 than 10 goals by the end of the season . |
| 17 | If it had n't been for his diligent research and dogged answer seeking , I would n't be leaving for America two hours from now in the hope of a cure . |
| 18 | I told her that I would n't be leaving without her ladyship 's mourning clothes . |
| 19 | ‘ I spend most of my working life wearing clothes I would n't be seen dead in , ’ says Jonathon , seen above , far right , with the rest of the cast of Bread . |
| 20 | I would n't be seen dead in a navy suit and I 'd rather give a peck on the cheek than a mock-male handshake . |
| 21 | ‘ I would n't be seen at that beast 's house . |
| 22 | In ex-army gear I would n't be seen , as long as I kept still , sitting on my hands , pale face buried in a heather clump , but those long heads that rose between rasping bites of coarse grass had twitching noses that never stopped their search for the enemy — a very efficient sort of olfactory radar . |
| 23 | " I would n't be seen dead on that bridge . " |
| 24 | I would n't be seen dead with you in here was his reply . |
| 25 | I would n't be seen dead with him |
| 26 | I would n't be filling them up if they were n't blank , are they all blank ? |
| 27 | ‘ But I would n't be taking the problem with me , would I ? ’ |
| 28 | And when I found out my Friday meeting was being moved forward and I would n't be seeing you after all I asked your Miss Philimore to cancel it . |
| 29 | No I , I would n't be looking forward to that |
| 30 | I would n't be looking for him to approach me . ’ |